#4A1280#4A1280

#4A1280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.166 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1280
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 46.22, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 68.05, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0838 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.166 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9357, 3.4469, 20.7178)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1280 #488012

analogous

#131280 #4A1280 #80127F

triadic

#4A1280 #804A12 #12804A

tetradic

#4A1280 #801312 #488012 #127F80

square

#4A1280 #801312 #488012 #127F80

split-complementary

#4A1280 #7F8012 #128013

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0A4A #4A1280 #691AB6 #882BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4A1280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4A1280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1280

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1280	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.166 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a6',
    500: '#4a1280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1280;
$custom-light: #8359a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3468,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1280

secondary

#76B638

accent

#F23692

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1280

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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